St. Ignatius the God-Bearer icon Mounted on wood Sizes:15.3 X 19Orthodox icon of Saint Ignatius the God Bearer (Theophoros). Commemorated December 20. The Hieromartyr Ignatius the God Bearer, was a disciple of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, as was also of St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (February 23). St Ignatius was the second bishop of Antioch, and successor to Bishop Euodius, Apostle of the Seventy. According to Tradition, when St Ignatius was a little boy, Jesus held him and said: "Unless
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these
free from all alteration and permanently consecrated to the contemplation of the divine glory
they were invited to sell out the Orthodox Church in return for generous assistance both to the state and to the Greek delegates to the Council Saint Mark was the only one who did not sign the blasphemous decree of that false council
at the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts following the prayer at the ambo
and Nicostratus and all his family
this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel
the monk went to Jerusalem to worship at the Life-bearing Tomb of the Savior
the Third Ecumenical Council was convened in Ephesus to combat the Nestorian heresy
Apinianus asked the Lord to preserve St Melania's life
and perfecting himself in the virtues of each until he surpassed them all
Such a funeral was a tribute of honor
This affirms the value of the sacrament of marriage for Christians
